| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑03‑31 | 301 | 920 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
| Division Bombs Tertiary Target: Due to adverse weather conditions, Division ordered our formations to bomb the tertiary target. Leaving the target area as briefed, they encountered the 3rd division making a bomb run on Merseburg, but avoided mishap. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron lead. |
Tertiary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Halle, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 44‑8541 ⇗ | 546th | BK*Y | BUCKEYE BELLE | Stachon, John Joseph |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Pilot | Reed, Verlin Dean⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Obermeyer, Robert Henry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Newman, David E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | McClure, Oscar Milton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Grimes, Paul John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bobbitt, Charles Rufus⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Leighton, Robert Raymond⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Vermillion, Eugene Carroll⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Observer | DeClarke, Norman Donald⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |